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| | Address | | The Victorian Square Building, 601 East Hyman Avenue | | Aspen, Colorado 81611 | | (Pitkin Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 970-925-1936 | | Fax: 970-925-3008 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.garfieldhecht.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Garfield & Hecht, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial, Residential and Resort Law; Litigation, including Commercial, Construction, and Products Liability; Domestic Relations; Tax and Estate Planning; Municipal and Special Districts Law; Homeowners Associations; Land Use and Water Law; Business Transactions; Commercial and Residential Lending. | | Year Established: 1975 | Firm Profile:
Garfield & Hecht, P.C. is Aspen's preeminent full service law firm. The firm is fast growing with additional offices in Basalt, Glenwood Springs, and Avon-Vail. The firm serves local, regional, and national clients, including major corporations and high profile individuals. The firm has a strong transactional and litigation practice. The transactional group represents buyers and sellers of real estate and businesses, tenants, realtors, landlords, retailers, developers, regional and national banks, other lenders, and does significant land use work. The firm's practice extends to municipal and special district law, homeowners associations, land use and water law, estate and tax planning, and domestic relations. The litigation practice includes complex commercial, construction, products liability, divorce, and family law. The firm has received the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell. One of the litigators is included in Colorado's Super Lawyers for 2008. | | Firm Size: 9 | Representative Clients:
The Aspen Club & Spa; Aspen Earthmoving, LLC; Bank of America, N.A.; Private Banking; Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Company; Private Banking; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Lafarge West, LLC; Land Title Guarantee Company; Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.; Maroon Creek Club; Obermeyer Redevelopment Company; Rifle Jet Center, LLC; Stein Eriksen Incorporated; Stewart Title of Colorado, Inc.; Town of New Castle; Vail Resorts Development Company, Vectra Bank Colorado, N.A.; Wildcat Ranch Association. | | MANAGING SHAREHOLDER | | Ronald Garfield (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., November 1, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1972, Colorado. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.B.A., 1966); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1969). Member: Pitkin County and Colorado (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Land Use. Email: Ronald Garfield | | SHAREHOLDERS | | Matthew C. Ferguson (Shareholder) born New York, NY, April 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Tenth Circuits; 1995, Colorado. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1980); Fordham University (J.D., 1983). Former Counsel, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, LLP, now Nixon Peabody LLP, 1995. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Air and Space Law); Faculty of Federal Advocates; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Aviation. Email: Matthew C. Ferguson | | Andrew V. Hecht (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., January 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Colorado. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., 1966); New York University; University of Denver (J.D., 1971); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1974). Member, University of Denver Law Review, 1970-1971. Law Clerk to Chief Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1971-1972. Ford Foundation Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 1973-1974. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; General/Small Firm Practice) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use. Email: Andrew V. Hecht | | Robert E. Kendig (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, July 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1981, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Colorado College (B.A., 1971); University of Denver (J.D., 1976). Member, Order of St. Ives. Member, Denver Law Journal, 1975-1976. Author: Annual "Survey of Colorado Law," 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 for Family Law. Member: Colorado and American (Member, Sections of Litigation and Family Law) Bar Associations., Pitkin County Bar Association (President, 2006). Reported Cases: Redstone Corp. v. Fire Insurance Exchange, 715 F. Supp, 300 (D.C. Colo. 1989); In re Marriage of Grubb, 745 P2d 661 (Colo. 1987); Tenney v. Flaxer, 727 P.2d 1079 (Colo. 1986); Beth Israel Hospital v. District Court, 683 P.2d 343 (Colo. 1984); Crowley v. Glaze, 710 F. 2d 676 (10th Cir. 1983); Danburg v. Realities, Inc., 677 P. 2d 439 (Colo. App. 1984); Franco v. District Court, 642 P.2d 922 (Colo. 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation; Domestic Relations Law. Email: Robert E. Kendig | | David L. Lenyo (Shareholder) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1984). Member, Order of the Coif. Recipient, Wolf Scholarship. Member, University of Colorado Law Review, 1983-1984. Formerly with: Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, 1990-1994. Member: Pitkin County, Colorado and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Personal Injury; Real Estate Litigation. Email: David L. Lenyo | | Christopher J. LaCroix (Shareholder) born Bronxville, New York, November 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut; 1991, New York; 1998, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado; University of Vermont (B.A., 1986); Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Formerly associated with: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (New York City) 1990-1996; National Basketball Association, Legal Department (New York City) 1996-1998. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Corporate Law; Business Organization; Real Estate; Trademark Licensing. Email: Christopher J. LaCroix | | David H. McConaughy (Shareholder) born Hartford, Connecticut, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Colorado; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: Harvard University (A.B., English, General Studies, cum laude, 1990); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1995). Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly. Member: The Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Water Law; Construction Law. Email: David H. McConaughy | | OF COUNSEL | | Kursten L. Canada (Of Counsel) born Augusta, Georgia, December 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado-Boulder (B.S., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Denver (J.D., 1998). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Real Estate Law. Contributing Author, Colorado Appellate Law & Practice (West Publishing), 1999. Formerly associated with: Colorado Court of Appeals (1997-1998); Mulligan Professional Corporation, P.C. (1997-1998); Wear, Travers, Krueger & Perkins, P.C. (1999-2003); Vail Resorts, Inc. (2003-2006). Member: American Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association (Real Estate Section); Gore Range Women's Bar Association (President and Co-Founder); Continental Divide Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Common Interest Community Law; Business Law. Email: Kursten L. Canada | | E. Michael Hoffman (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, May 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado (M.B.A., 1982); University of Denver (J.D., 1992). Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice. Email: E. Michael Hoffman | | William K. Guest (Of Counsel) born Lincoln, Nebraska, August 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Nebraska; 1976, Texas; 1978, Colorado. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1972; J.D., 1975); University of Denver (LL.M., Taxation, 1979). Member: Pitkin County, 9th Judicial District, Nebraska State, Colorado (Member, Sections on: Business, Probate and Trust; Real Estate; Taxation) and American (Member, Sections on: Law Practice Management; Real Property, Probate and Trust; Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Probate; Real Estate; Taxation; Trust Law; Estate Planning; Business Law. Email: William K. Guest | | ASSOCIATES | | Daniel D. Reynolds (Associate) born Madison, Wisconsin, March 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Colorado. Education: Washington University (B.A., 2000); University of Oregon (J.D., 2005). Formally Associated with the Fifth Judicial District, District Attorney's Office. Formerly Associated with the Fifth Judicial District, District Attorney's Office. Member: Continental Divide and The Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Organization; Real Estate. Email: Daniel D. Reynolds | | David D. Smith (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Middlebury College (B.S., 1997); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Real Estate; Land Use. Email: David D. Smith | | Chad J. Schmit (Associate) born Park Ridge, Illinois, June 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, Colorado; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1990); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1994). Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Real Estate; Personal Injury; Construction Litigation. Email: Chad J. Schmit | | Natasha Saypol (Associate) born New York, N.Y., September 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Colorado. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1992); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Member, Land and Water Law Review. Formerly with, Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP. Member: Colorado Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Business Organization. Email: Natasha Saypol | | Gregory S. Gordon (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, December 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey; 1998, New York; 2002, Colorado. Education: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.A., class honors, 1992); Rutgers University Law School at Newark (J.D., 1995). Law Clerk to Judge Novalyn Winfield, U.S.B.J. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organization; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gregory S. Gordon | | Eric D. Musselman (Associate) born Elkhart, Indiana, July 21, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, Colorado. Education: Indiana University (B.S., with distinction, 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Formerly with: Goodwin Procter LLP, 2001-2004. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Eric D. Musselman | | Christopher D. Bryan (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, June 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Chicago (J.D., 2003). Member: Member: Colorado Bar Association (Chair, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2007; Member, Board of Governors, 2006-2007); American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Faculty of Federal Advocates; University of Chicago Law School Alumni Admissions Committee. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental; Land Use; Appellate Practice. Email: Christopher D. Bryan | | Nicole D. Garrimone (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Colorado State University (B.A., 1996); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: The Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Water Law; Land Use; Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Special Districts. Email: Nicole D. Garrimone | | Matthew L. Trinidad (Associate) | | PARALEGALS | | Katie Campbell born Evanston, Illinois; Education: Marquette University (B.A, Communications, 1992); University of Southern Colorado (Paralegal Certificate, 1997). Email: Katie Campbell | | Michael D. McCollum born Inglewood, California; Education: El Camino College (A.A., 1969); University of California at Santa Barbara (1972); A.B.A. Approved Denver Paralegal Institute (Certificate, 1992). Email: Michael D. McCollum | | Kathryn J. Thissen born Kingman, Kansas, 1956; Education: Emporia State University (B.S., Education, 1979). Email: Kathryn J. Thissen | | Mary P. Karottki born Chicago, Illinois, 1982; Education: Colby College (B.A., cum laude, 2004). Email: Mary P. Karottki | Other Office Addresses:
Avon, Colorado Office: Avon Town Square, Unit 104, 0070 Benchmark Road, P.O. Box: 5450, 81620. Telephone: 970-949-0707. Fax: 970-949-1810.
Basalt, Colorado Office: 100 Elk Run Drive, Suite 220, 81621. Telephone: 970-927-1936. Fax: 970-927-1939.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado Office: The Denver Centre, 420 Seventh Street, Suite 100, 81601. Telephone: 970-947-1936. Fax: 970-947-1937.
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